..To investigate the prevalence of prescribing errors identified by pharmacists in hospital inpatients and the factors influencing error identification rates by pharmacists throughout hospital admission...

..Future research should address the wide disparity of data-collection methods and definitions that bedevils comparison of error rates or meta-analysis of different studies...

The discomfort of an evidence-based prescribing decision

Penny J LewisDepartment of Community Medicine, Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanJ Eval Clin Pract 15:1152-8. 2009

..However, little is known about this topic in prescribing in secondary care. The aim of this study was to explore such influences by asking doctors to discuss their uncomfortable prescribing decisions in secondary care...

Uncomfortable prescribing decisions in hospitals: the impact of teamwork

..To systematically explore and elicit individual patient's preferences in the management of their hypertension using Q-methodology...

Patients' evaluation of the appropriateness of their hypertension management--a qualitative study

Charles MorecroftSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UKRes Social Adm Pharm 2:186-211. 2006

..However, it is unclear whether patients specifically evaluate their prescribed medication and treatment. If so, do they use only clinical attributes or a combination of clinical and nonclinical attributes?..

Insights into creation and use of prescribing documentation in the hospital medical record

..Yet little is known about the processes that result in those data. This study explores the creation and use of prescribing documentation in the medical record, from the perspective of the hospital doctors who both create and use it...

The discomfort caused by patient pressure on the prescribing decisions of hospital prescribers

..There is a need for evidence to support expanded pharmacist services, especially regarding subjective outcomes experienced by patients. However, it is unclear what aspects of life are actually affected by such services...

..This study aimed to produce valid patient-based UK National Health Service (NHS) costs for adults with cystic fibrosis to identify differences between hospital- and home-based treatments for infections...

Differences in adherence and motivation to HIV therapy--two independent assessments in 1998 and 2002

..The aim of this study was to compare the level of adherence and motivation in two independent cross-sectional samples of HIV-infected patients conducted in 1998 and 2002, and to investigate the relationship between adherence and motivation...